Bubble Cocktail Recipe

Name: Bubble Cocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 45ml Gin; 30ml Elderflower Liqueur; 20ml Fresh Lemon Juice; 2g Sodium Alginate; 5g Calcium Chloride; Tonic Water to top

An innovative molecular cocktail featuring edible elderflower spheres that burst with flavour — science meets mixology.

Prep: 10 min Total: 15 min Serves: 1 Difficulty: Advanced

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Ingredients

45ml Gin
30ml Elderflower Liqueur
20ml Fresh Lemon Juice
2g Sodium Alginate
5g Calcium Chloride
Tonic Water to top

Instructions

Prepare the spherification bath by dissolving calcium chloride in water. Blend sodium alginate with elderflower liqueur.
Using a pipette, drop the alginate mixture into the calcium bath to form flavour spheres. Rinse gently.
Combine gin and lemon juice in a coupe glass with ice, stir gently.
Top with tonic water and carefully place the elderflower spheres on top.
Serve immediately — guests pop the spheres for a burst of elderflower flavour.

Pro Tips

Blend the alginate mixture thoroughly to avoid lumps — let it rest 30 minutes to remove air bubbles.
Rinse spheres in clean water immediately after forming to stop the gelling process.
Make spheres fresh — they harden over time and lose their burst-in-mouth texture.

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